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After all, the seminal Blues tale is of legend Robert Johnson selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads of U.S. Highways 49 and 61 in the Delta to be able to play a guitar like no one else.

“I found that there’s a legitimate argument to be made that the Delta Blues music is America’s most important contribution to global popular culture,” Coogler told IndieWire.

The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi's northwest corner.